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That Bogdanovic feeling

Saturday, 15 January 2022, 08:33 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

Why is it, that so many important reports published by government departments and ministries give you that “Bogdanovic” feeling?  That is, you get a sense that the document is not an...

Smart specialization

Friday, 14 January 2022, 08:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Owen Bonnici

One of the questions which is most frequently being posed, either directly or indirectly, in the various opinion articles and editorials is:  how do we want our economy to grow?  The...

The economic impact

Thursday, 13 January 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Since the Covid-19 pandemic struck, its economic impacts have been multiple. They just kept spreading. The most important first impact resulted from the steep decline in demand; for several sectors,...

Adieu to business as we knew it

Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 10:22 Last update: about 6 years ago Peter Agius

The Malta Chamber of Commerce yesterday joined the voices of support to the PN’s initiative to kick start legislative change to make politicians in Malta more accountable to their actions across...

A realistic and humble EU – Mission impossible?

Tuesday, 11 January 2022, 07:42 Last update: about 6 years ago Evarist Bartolo

We should all learn from what has happened over the years in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Iraq and other so called post-conflict countries. They show how pointless and painful it is for military powers...

Complacency

Monday, 10 January 2022, 08:00 Last update: about 6 years ago Alfred Sant

Perhaps the biggest problem we have with the running of our institutions is complacency – the belief that we know best how well we do things. We have inherited much that was quite good, we...

Live not by lies

Sunday, 9 January 2022, 10:11 Last update: about 6 years ago Kevin Cassar

“In our country the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the state,” wrote Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his essay ‘Live not by lies’. It could have been...

The golden handshakes must be transparent

Sunday, 9 January 2022, 09:08 Last update: about 6 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

It has been reported, in various sections of the press, that Justyne Caruana, former Minister of Education, has received, or will be shortly receiving payment, in the region of €30,000 as a...

The TCN capital of Malta

Sunday, 9 January 2022, 08:10 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

Trawling the Internet and specifically YouTube can be a source of endless information, otherwise unavailable. People from different countries and cultures see us as we do not see ourselves. Among...

All change

Saturday, 8 January 2022, 07:52 Last update: about 6 years ago Rachel Borg

This new year 2022 is set to be a one of great change lasting through the whole year and beyond.  Astrological forecasters predict a “radical change of direction” mostly resulting...

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